Toy



M. LALONDE.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.8, l9l9.

' Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

INVENTOR. 7%,. KM,

WITNESS:

BY MQM,

A TTORNEY.

NITED STATES PATENT @EFICE.

MOSESLALONDE, OF SPRING-FIELD, MA$SAGHUSETT$ ASfiIGNOB OF ONE-HALF 'IOLOUISE LALONDE, 0F SPRING-FIELD, MA$SACHUSETT$ Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Application filed December 8, 1919. Serial No. 343,144.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Moses LALONDE, a subject of the King of England,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Toy, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in toys of the flying and spinningtype, and consists essentially of a longitudinally bored handle, aspinning member or top having a stem for an actuating or spinning cord,which stem with the cord thereon is receivable in said handle, and anaerial member or flier that is attachable to and detachable from thespinning members, all as hereinafter set forth.

The primary object of my invention is to produce a toy of the classdescribed, which is, in the nature of a combined toy, that is to say,one that may be used either as a flier or as a top, the same beingsimplein construction and operation, inexpensive to manufacture, andwell adapted to afford large amount of amusement to children.

Another object is to provide such a toy with simple means whereby thespinning and whirling or flying members can be easily and quicklyseparated and reunited.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the course of the followingdescription.

I attain the objects and secure the advantages of my invention by themeans illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is asideelevation of a toy which embodies practical form of my invention,all of the parts being united and ready for use; Fig. 2, a central,vertical section through said toy, the handle being at rightangles,relative to the flier, to the position which said handle occupies in thefirst view; Fig. 8, an enlarged, top plan of-thehandle; Fig. 4, anenlarged, bottom plan of the top, and, Fig. 5, an enlarged, botto1n planof the flier.

Similar reference numerals designate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

The toy comprises a handle 1, a top consisting of a head 2 and a shankor spindle 3,

and aflier 1. With these parts and members a string or cord 5 isemployed.

The handle 1, which is round in cross section, has a central,longitudinal passage 6 extending through the same from end to end, andalso has oppositely-disposed, longitudinally-extended slots 7 in theupper end or head thereof. The slots 7 open at their upper ends throughthe top of the handle 1. The diameter of the passage 6 is large enoughto receive the spindle 3 with the cord 5 when wound on said spindle, andto perinit said cord to be drawn off freely from the spindle.

The lower terminal of the spindle 3 is tapered to form the point of thetop and afford a good anchorage for the cord 5. The head 9. is a disk oflarger diameter than that of the handle 1, and said head is fixedlyattached to the spindle 3 at the upper end thereof. A pair of L-shapedhooks 8 is set in the under side of the head 2. These hooks areoppositely disposed to each other, and arranged with the free ends oftheir hori- Zontal parts or heads directed toward a plane which extendsthrough the axial center of the head 2 and between such ends.

The flier 1, as herein shown, has two propeller blades 9 which projectfrom opposite ends of the central portion of the flier, such bladesbeing shaped in the usual manner to enable them to carry said flierupwardly in the air, when the flier has the necessary impetus impartedthereto. There is a central opening 10 in the flier a to receive thespindle 3. The central portion of the flier 4 is beveled on the bottomadjacent to the longitudinal. edges of such portion, as repre sented at11-11. The flier 4 is attached to the head 2 of the top by passing thespindle down through the opening 10 in said flier, locating the latterbetween the hooks 8, and partially rotating the same in the direction tointroduce the beveled edges 11 beneath the heads of said hooks and thuswedge the flier between the under side of said head 2 and the heads ofthe hooks. The heads of the hooks 8 are located just the right distancefrom the head 2 to enable the beveled edges 11 to be forced into thespaces between thereon are concerned.

said head 2 and said heads of the hooks with a binding fit. In thismanner and by this means the flier is attached to the top with asuflicient degree of security. The flier is disengaged from the hooksand disconnected from the top by reversing the aforesaid operation, saidflier first being partially rotated in such a manner as to carry it outof engagement with said hooks and clear of them, and then slipped off ofthe spindle 8.

When the device is to be used as an aerial toy the flier l must beunited with the head 2, in the manner set forth above, but when saiddevice is to be used as a top said flier is disunited and removed fromsaid top, also in the manner set forth above. In either of these casesthe required initial motion is imparted to the whirling or spinningelement by means of the cord tl aid cord is first wound on the spindle3, beginning at the tapered base and continuing upwardly nearly to thetop of said spindle, next the spindle with the cord wound thereon isintroduced into the top of the handle 1 and inserted therein as far asthe flier ff or the head 2, as the case may be, permits, such flier orhead coming to rest on the upper edge of said handle, and finally saidcord is drawn with a quick motion from the spindle. Care is taken whenplacing the spindle 8 in the handle 1 to locate the free portion of thecord which is left after winding, or that part of the same that isimmediately adjacent to said spindle, in one or the other of the slots7, so that said cord can be drawn off of the spindle 8 freely or withoutundue frictional resistance, so far as said handle and the memberresting The cord'is of such length that there is a sufiicient portionoutside of the handle, after said cord has been wound on the spindle 3and the latter in serted in the handle, to enable the operator to obtaina firm hold thereon for the purpose of drawing it oil of said spindle.The cord when drawn off of the spindle 3 through one of the slots 7, notonly imparts a rapid rotation to said spindle and attached parts, but atthe same time elevates the same. with the result that the spindle iscaused to leave the handle at the end of what may be termed the startingoperation. which is at the instant the cord is entirely freed from thespindle. Thus it is seen that the spindle with attached parts issentwhirling upward from the handle by the action of the cord.

If it be desired to spin the top, the flier lis laid aside, and thespindle 3 with its head 2 only is employed. Vhen these parts are set inmotion by the cord 5 and the spindle 3 has left the handle 1, all ashereinbefore explained, said top quickly descends to the ground andspins thereon on the point of said spindle, similarly to any ordinarytop.

On the other hand, if it be desired to whirl the flier l, the latter isfastened in place under the head 2. When these parts are set in motionby the cord 5 and the spindle 3 leaves the handle 1, in the same manneras before, said flier with attached parts in motion ascends to aconsiderable height and continues for some little period of time, oruntil the whirling motion becomes sulficiently slow to cause the aerialmembers to fall. The flier and attached parts do not spin on the ground.

The above described operations may be repeated indefinitely.

More or less change in the size, shape, construction, and arrangement ofsome or all of the parts of this toy may be made without departing fromthe spirit of my invention or exceeding the scope of what is claimed.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination, in a toy, with a handle having a longitudinalpassage through the same and a lateral aperture, of a top comprising ahead and spindle, said spindle being adapted to have'a cord woundthereon, said passage being of a size to receive freely said spindlewith the cord wound thereon, and the aperture being designed to permitthe free terminal portion of such cord to pass to the outside of saidhandle, and a flier attachable to and detachable from the under side ofsaid top, and perforated to receive said spindle.

2. The combination, in a toy, with a han-v dle having a longitudinalpassage through the same, and a lateral aperture, of a top comprising ahead and spindle, the latter being adapted to have cord wound thereon,said passage being of a size to receive freely said spindle with thecord Wound thereon, and the aperture being designed to permit the freeterminal portion of such cord to pass'to the outside of said handle anda flier, said head being provided on the under side with engaging andreleasing means for said fiier, and the latter being perforated toreceive said spindle.

3. The combination, in a toy, with a handle having a longitudinalpassage through the same and a lateral aperture, of a top comprising ahead and spindlewhich head is provided on the under side with hooks,said spindle being adapted to have a cord wound thereon, said passagebeing of a size to receive freely said spindle with the cord woundthereon, and the aperture being de signed to permit the free terminalportion of such cord to pass to the outside of said handle, and a flieradapted to be engaged by and released from said hooks.

-l. The combination, in a toy, with a handle having a longitudinalpassage therethrough, and a lateral aperture therein, of a of such cordto pass to the outside of said top comprising a head and spindle, Whiehhandle, and a flier having beveled edges for 10 head is provided on theliIlClBI'I side1 With engagement With said hooks.

hooks, said spinc le being ac aptec to ave a T cord Wound thereon, saidpassage being of a MOSES LALOL size to receive freely said spindle withthe Witnesses: cord Wound thereon, and the aperture being F. A. CUTTER,designed to permit the free terminal portion ARTHUR A. BETH.

